Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 1 2016 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 1 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Audible expression of amusement	LAUGH
Ceremonial globe carried by a monarch	ORB
Children's governesses in Asia	AYAHS
Contend, maintain	ASSERT
Eight-sided figures	OCTAGONS
Former students of a college	ALUMNI
Go on board	EMBARK
Individual sounds in a word	SYLLABLES
Keeping one's identity a secret	INCOGNITO
Large striped felines	TIGERS
Long dramatic speech by a single actor	MONOLOGUE
Making last longer by careful use	EKING
Measuring the smallest distance from end to end	SHORTEST
Memento, keepsake	SOUVENIR
Metal container	CAN
Narrow opening	CHINK
Noiselessly	SILENTLY
Not well	ILL

Clues	Answers
One's sense of self-importance	EGO
Open ...., says the magician	SESAME
Really existing	ACTUAL
Schooled	EDUCATED
Seized suddenly	SNATCHED
Servile follower	MINION
Serving as a temporary and less adequate substitute for something	MAKESHIFT
Slightly short of	ALMOST
Small hard particle of anything	GRAIN
Soundness of mind	SANITY
Source, root	ORIGIN
Standard of perfection	IDEAL
Summon with a gesture	BECKON
Thespian	ACTOR
To separate and to adhere	CLEAVE
Travelling bag	SUITCASE
Unhealthy preoccupation	FIXATION
Wicker basket for fish	CREEL